From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 23:38:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF5A116A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:38:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www6.web2010.com (www6.web2010.com [216.157.5.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D6343D49 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:38:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from MLandman@face2interface.com) Received: from Delliver.face2interface.com (rduewam@inoc202-203.veranet.net [216.238.202.203] (may be forged)) by www6.web2010.com (8.12.10/8.9.0) with ESMTP id j1DNbVCf011283; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:37:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20050213181616.01eb6ae8@mail.face2interface.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:37:39 -0500 To: Roland Smith From: Marty Landman In-Reply-To: <20050213230805.GA59417@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050213172259.01e14d90@mail.face2interface.com> <20050213230805.GA59417@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to set up a dual boot system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:38:02 -0000 At 06:08 PM 2/13/2005, Roland Smith wrote: >On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 05:40:13PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > > I have a box with 3 ide's > > > > primary master - 4 gb, win 98 currently installed @ 150 mb in size > > > > primary slave - 4 gb, empty > > > > secondary slave - 6 gb, empty >You can install FreeBSD on any harddisk. If you want dual-boot, you'll >need to install a boot manager. Ok, I understand how to do that much but wasn't sure it could work that way. >Usually it's best to install Windows first, because it will overwrite >the master boot record anyway. Cool, I guessed right (eventually). >If you want to install FreeBSD on the first drive, you have to make room >for it. Need some enlightenment here. >I think the standard for Windows is to take the entire disk The entire partition afaik. Therefore right now in fbsd terms I have ads0 - 4 gb ads1 - 4 gb ads2 - 6 gb and to go right into the fbsd install would have to give all of ads0 to windows, which I don't want to do. Now, I could reformat the first ide with windows' fdisk... say I did this and created two partitions of .5 & 3.5 gb respectively. They'd be windows partitions so that wouldn't necessarily work, or would it? Doing this I'd have to reinstall windows after. In that case, would fbsd see ads0 - .5 gb ads1 - 3.5 gb ads2 - 4 gb ads3 - 6 gb >so you'd have to shrink the windows partition or repartition the disk and >reinstall windows on a >new partition. There are free tools like parted available to resize FAT >partitions. Roland, are you saying that if I were to install fbsd now on ads1 - 4 gb ads2 - 6 gb then I could later on install parted and use it to shrink ads0 and allocate the overage to fbsd? If so, that sounds like my best option. Am I getting this right? Thanks, Marty Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Search & Sort Easily: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal